Abba Eban Quotes on Diplomacy
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When the Council discusses what is to happen after the cease-fire, we hear many formulas: back to 1956, back to 1948--I understand our neighbors would wish to turn the clock back to 1947. The fact is, however, that most clocks move forward and not backward, and this, I think, should be the case with the clock of Middle Eastern peace--not backward to belligerency, but forward to peace.
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They use the U.N. not as an instrument for solving conflicts, but an arena for waging them.
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Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today-and longed for them tomorrow.